From the very beginning Eli has had a sensitive tummy. While I was nursing him my diet was basically restricted to anything made with plain white flour and bananas.
He was put on lactose free formula and then Lactaid when he was old enough for regular milk.
When that seemed to upset his stomach he was switched to soy milk.
He just always had something upsetting his tummy. Eventually we removed everything with dairy from his diet. Still some days he was fine, and some days he wasn't.
Finally, at 2 he was given an allergy screening. He not allergic to milk, but is allergic to soy.
What?!? I have been pumping him full of soy for over a year now.
Big time mommy guilt. Most kids (80%, says the pediatrician) grow out of a dairy allergy by the time they are 2, so he could have had it and just out-grown it. But still, I feel really awful for giving him something (continuously) we now know he is allergic, too!
For dinner tonight he will be able to have cheese on his taco (kids eat free at Moe's) and then off to Dairy Queen for his first ice cream!
3 comments:
You shouldn't feel bad Katy, how could you have known?
Yay for ice cream! Tell Eli to have a cone for me! :)
I want some Moe's and Dairy Queen
That is totally not your fault. Great news that he can have ice cream every nite now RIght, Mommy?!?!
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